Where your recyclables go after being collected from the curb has changed.
Winnipeg’s new automated recycling facility began sorting materials at the end of 2019. It processes all the paper, cardboard, aluminum, glass, and plastics collected from the curbside collection program at homes and apartments, as well as the recycling depots.
“The new facility sorts the materials into the proper quality that the market demands,” said Mark Kinsley, Waste Diversion Supervisor. “This allows the products to be sorted out and made or repurposed into new products.”
The facility is designed to process around 30 tonnes of mixed materials every hour. While some manual sorting is still required, roughly 90 percent of the operation is automated.
“The new facility has state of the art technology that uses air and light to sort out the plastic recycling,” said Kinsley.